See main article: 2016 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
| Country: | Wyoming |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Turnout: | 57.9% [1] |
| Image1: | Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Donald Trump |
| Party1: | Wyoming Republican Party |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Mike Pence |
| Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 174,419 |
| Percentage1: | |
| Nominee2: | Hillary Clinton |
| Party2: | Wyoming Democratic Party |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Tim Kaine |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 55,973 |
| Image3: | Gary Johnson June 2016.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Gary Johnson |
| Party3: | Wyoming Libertarian Party |
| Home State3: | New Mexico |
| Running Mate3: | Bill Weld |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 13,287 |
| Map Size: | 280px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Barack Obama |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Donald Trump |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Wyoming voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
On March 1 and April 9, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Wyoming voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Constitution parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote. Prior to the election, Wyoming was considered to be a state Trump would win or a safe red state.
Donald Trump won the election in Wyoming with 67.4% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 21.6% of the vote. Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party received 5.1%.[2] Wyoming, a solidly Republican state, has not voted for a Democrat in a presidential election since it went for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Trump carried every county with the exception of Teton County. His 46.3-point margin over Clinton not only made Wyoming the most Republican state in the 2016 election,[3] but also the largest margin of victory by any presidential candidate in the state's history, besting Ronald Reagan's 42.3-point margin in 1984, though Ronald Reagan won the highest percentage in the state in 1984, winning an astonishing 70.5% of the vote. Clinton's 21.88% vote share was the lowest of any major party presidential nominee in Wyoming history.
See main article: 2016 Wyoming Republican presidential caucuses.
See main article: 2016 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses.
See also: Political party strength in Wyoming. Wyoming is the least populous of all 50 U.S. states. With almost 60% of the population identifying with or leaning towards the Republican Party, compared to less than 30% identifying with or leaning towards the Democrats, it is also the most solid Republican state, ahead of Idaho and Utah.[4] In the 2012 presidential election, incumbent President Barack Obama received less than 28% of the votes, trailing Mitt Romney by more than 40 points.
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Times[5] | November 6, 2016 | ||
| CNN[6] | November 4, 2016 | ||
| Cook Political Report[7] | November 7, 2016 | ||
| Electoral-vote.com[8] | November 8, 2016 | ||
| align=left | Rothenberg Political Report[9] | November 7, 2016 | |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] | November 7, 2016 | ||
| RealClearPolitics[11] | November 8, 2016 | ||
| Fox News[12] | November 7, 2016 |
| 2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Donald Trump | Mike Pence | 174,419 | 68.17% | 3 | ||
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | Tim Kaine | 55,973 | 21.88% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | William Weld | 13,287 | 5.19% | 0 | |||
| Write-in | Various candidates | Various candidates | 6,904 | 2.70% | 0 | ||
| Green | Jill Stein | Ajamu Baraka | 2,515 | 0.98% | 0 | ||
| Constitution | Darrell Castle | Scott Bradley | 2,042 | 0.80% | 0 | ||
| Reform/ADP | Micheal Steinberg | 709 | 0.28% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 255,849 | 100.00% | 3 | ||||
| County | Donald Trump Republican | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 7,602 | 44.56% | 6,890 | 40.39% | 2,568 | 15.05% | 712 | 4.17% | 17,060 | ||||||||||
| Big Horn | 4,067 | 76.49% | 604 | 11.36% | 646 | 12.15% | 3,463 | 65.13% | 5,317 | ||||||||||
| Campbell | 15,778 | 86.70% | 1,324 | 7.28% | 1,097 | 6.03% | 14,454 | 79.42% | 18,199 | ||||||||||
| Carbon | 4,409 | 69.17% | 1,279 | 20.07% | 686 | 10.76% | 3,130 | 49.10% | 6,374 | ||||||||||
| Converse | 5,520 | 82.96% | 668 | 10.04% | 466 | 7.00% | 4,852 | 72.92% | 6,654 | ||||||||||
| Crook | 3,348 | 87.51% | 273 | 7.14% | 205 | 5.36% | 3,075 | 80.37% | 3,826 | ||||||||||
| Fremont | 11,167 | 65.60% | 4,200 | 24.67% | 1,656 | 9.73% | 6,967 | 40.93% | 17,023 | ||||||||||
| Goshen | 4,418 | 76.22% | 924 | 15.94% | 454 | 7.83% | 3,494 | 60.28% | 5,796 | ||||||||||
| Hot Springs | 1,939 | 74.98% | 400 | 15.47% | 247 | 9.55% | 1,539 | 59.51% | 2,586 | ||||||||||
| Johnson | 3,477 | 78.72% | 638 | 14.44% | 302 | 6.84% | 2,839 | 64.28% | 4,417 | ||||||||||
| Laramie | 24,847 | 60.65% | 11,573 | 28.25% | 4,549 | 11.10% | 13,274 | 32.40% | 40,969 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 6,779 | 76.38% | 1,105 | 12.45% | 991 | 11.17% | 5,674 | 63.93% | 8,875 | ||||||||||
| Natrona | 23,552 | 70.62% | 6,577 | 19.72% | 3,219 | 9.65% | 16,975 | 50.90% | 33,348 | ||||||||||
| Niobrara | 1,116 | 84.93% | 115 | 8.75% | 83 | 6.32% | 1,001 | 76.18% | 1,314 | ||||||||||
| Park | 11,115 | 73.63% | 2,535 | 16.79% | 1,445 | 9.57% | 8,580 | 56.84% | 15,095 | ||||||||||
| Platte | 3,437 | 75.89% | 719 | 15.88% | 373 | 8.24% | 2,718 | 60.01% | 4,529 | ||||||||||
| Sheridan | 10,266 | 70.75% | 2,927 | 20.17% | 1,317 | 9.08% | 7,339 | 50.58% | 14,510 | ||||||||||
| Sublette | 3,409 | 77.65% | 644 | 14.67% | 337 | 7.68% | 2,765 | 62.98% | 4,390 | ||||||||||
| Sweetwater | 12,154 | 70.95% | 3,231 | 18.86% | 1,745 | 10.19% | 8,923 | 52.09% | 17,130 | ||||||||||
| Teton | 3,921 | 31.05% | 7,314 | 57.92% | 1,392 | 11.02% | -3,393 | -26.87% | 12,627 | ||||||||||
| Uinta | 6,154 | 72.66% | 1,202 | 14.19% | 1,114 | 13.15% | 4,952 | 58.47% | 8,470 | ||||||||||
| Washakie | 2,911 | 76.32% | 532 | 13.95% | 371 | 9.73% | 2,379 | 62.37% | 3,814 | ||||||||||
| Weston | 3,033 | 86.02% | 299 | 8.48% | 194 | 5.50% | 2,734 | 77.54% | 3,526 | ||||||||||
| Total | 174,419 | 68.17% | 55,973 | 21.88% | 25,457 | 9.95% | 118,446 | 46.29% | 255,849 | ||||||||||
Wyoming had only one congressional district, the at-large congressional district, which covered the entire state. The results in this district were equivalent to the statewide election results.